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Nicolaj TEFL&CEDILS
English
Native
Italian
Native
German
Spanish
French

From United Kingdom

Living in Berlin, Germany

Your friendly online teacher, with over 10 years of experience in tutoring and coaching 🐾 Hi! I’m Nicolaj, a professional teacher, interpreter, and filmmaker. Raised between Milan and London and now based in Berlin, I’ve taught English and Italian to everyone from 5-year-olds to... 59? I also lead Radio/Film workshops and coach professionals to nail any interview or presentation. I find teaching extremely rewarding, but as a former rebel "allergic to blind authority," my approach is built on mutual respect. With respect, there is real listening; and with real listening, there is true learning. I hope we’ll be able to speak and learn together soon! I have always enjoyed helping people and I find teaching extremely rewarding. When I was a student, I was a bit of a rebel (read: 'allergic to blind authority'). Therefore, my current way to communicate and establish a connection with my students is based upon mutual respect: with respect, there is real listening. And with real listening, there is true learning. I am definitely a conversation-heavy teacher. I believe that languages are the extremely intricate and fluid reaction to the basic need for communication...so why start from grammar? First, we will think about talking to each other, understanding each other. Then, the path to be grammatically flawless will be much easier. I have a few lessons up in my sleeve, but I usually tend to create and prepare them according to the interests of each of my students. Once I evaluate your level in our introductory chat, I will draw upon your passions and interests, to make ...
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Interests

Art
Films & TV Series
Writing
Trial Lesson
64 lessons completed
USD 12.00+
Conversation
A1-C2
Language Essentials
163 lessons completed
USD 20.00+
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Student Lora
Lora
1 English lesson
Teacher’s pick
Nicolaj is very experienced and prepared for the session of helping me get ready with my resume and job interviews. He also showed me some great tools. I benefited enormously from the session and felt much less clueless about job seeking as a fresh grad. :D
Student Maria
Maria
13 Italian lessons
Teacher’s pick
Sono molto contenta che Nico è il mio insegnante! Lui e meraviglioso, intelligente, e molto molto divertente! Le lezioni sono sempre divertenti e imparo molto. If you are thinking about studying Italian or English, you should definitely book a lesson with him!! He is very conversational, adaptable, personable, will help you meet your goals, and motivate you a lot! Grazie Nico :)
Student Anaïs
Anaïs
1 Italian lesson
I was nervous for my first lesson as I had never done a one-on-one lesson before, but Nicolaj made me feel comfortable and he explained things in a way I could understand and he’s fun & encouraging too! I learned a lot just in my first trial lesson, so I’m looking forward to more lessons with him!
Student Ahmed Khedr
Ahmed Khedr
1 English lesson
Teacher’s pick
Niko is a terrific teacher, very helpful and supportive in his approach. He clearly has a strong passion for language. Very much looking forward to taking more lessons with him.
Student 陳BiBi
陳BiBi
1 English lesson
老師很友善會引導對話,不用擔心會的詞彙不多,只要多給相關詞或稍微點到,老師就可以猜出你想講的話,並教你可以怎麼說,怎麼使用這個詞彙或文法~ The teacher is very friendly and will guide the conversation. You don't have to worry that there are not many words. As long as you give more related words or click a little, the teacher can guess what you want to say, and teach you how to say it, how to use this vocabulary or grammar
Student Lourdes
Lourdes
4 Italian lessons
Grazie mille Nico, é stato bellissimo rivederti e chiacchierare in italiano :)! Nella prossima facciamo una´impro di teatro hahah! - finalmente ho imparato a usare bene l´apostrofe, grazie mille! Ci vediamo presto :)